{Teach Me Tuesday} - Letter Sounds

Being a math teacher, it is really easy for me to focus on numbers, shapes and colors. What four-year-old knows what a quadrilateral is?? MINE! But teaching them to read....now that's a whole new bag of tricks! I am a teacher - but I teach middle schoolers. Kids who should know basic tools to learn.

It's easy to get frustrated with your own children when you tell them for the twenty-millionth time to NOT write their name in ALL CAPS.....

Then I found Starfall....

And they LOVE it!

Letters, letter sounds, beginning reading and advanced reading.... Now they'll be ready for Pre-K!

Makin' It Monday - Vacuuming

 Yes, that is my FOUR-YEAR-OLD vacuuming.... If you meet him, you'll quickly learn that his love language is acts of service. He is a helper. He feels loved when you allow him to help you around the house. The reason I know this is because he is constantly asking to help. He gets hurt when he's not allowed to help. Ever since he was a little more than 12 months old, he has had a plastic vacuum that he would follow me around the house with when I vacuumed. Last week he asked if he could try the "big vacuum".

I said yes.

And he smiled the biggest smile on his face.

And he vacuumed the entire downstairs all by himself with the proudest little "swagger" in his step as he did.

I'm so thankful for my helper - he is such a blessing around our house. He'll make some lucky girl really happy one day. :) Until then, I'll be encouraging his sweet, gentle spirit.